As 5G New Radio (NR) networks ramp up, you’ll need to do live network testing to ensure beams transmit accurately and to achieve throughput per cell, throughput per device, and Quality of Experience (QoE) metrics.

But did you know that changes in radio access with beam-based cells will change test methodologies and require both scanning receivers and test UEs for field verification? 5G NR deployments are mostly in new frequency ranges – 3.5 GHz and 28 to 29 GHz – which means changes in radio access techniques and network architecture.